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12 hours ago, Howie411 said:

some folks saying water was up to almost 8 deck windows

If that were true you would have known it. How did it feel onboard?

8 hours ago, kirtihk said:

once they became attendants, they changed how they work

What do you mean by this? They are still the housekeeping department and there aren't separate housekeepers (on Royal, at least). "Attendant" is just a more friendly word, their job duties didn't change. Sometimes, there's a "lead" and someone in training or helping them, but again, their jobs didn't change when the word changed.

11 hours ago, matt082600 said:

That seems like a great resource! 

Link

53 minutes ago, canderson said:

Ah, a little nuance there.

Sure, and does that difference change what I responded with? Anyone who works in the C-suite at any corporation is going to give a non-answer on any day that ends in "ay."

On 7/24/2024 at 8:08 AM, BlueKernal said:

I feel her answers to the questions are disgusting corporate spin.

She's the CEO, no? Are you really that surprised?

On 8/10/2024 at 1:29 PM, junieh said:

Me again! Are the odds of us catching a 11:50am flight out of SAN are any better or would that still be risky? All the other flights I have found are at or after 1pm and I would really prefer not to leave that late...

You're not leaving the LA area until after 12:30pm. As another user (kind of rudely but nevertheless) suggested, you don't have a hard deadline at your destination and while you might be able to get to SAN by 11am (if you're the first, and I mean first) person off of the ship, you're 100% going to miss any flight that leaves in the 11:00 hour. Not to mention, even if you are the first person off the ship you'd still be contending with LA area rush hour traffic.

LA area traffic is not only notoriously abysmal (as already pointed out) it's also reliably abysmal. Count on it.

I'm excited to see Carnival (even if it is rumor) considering how they are going to replace some of their more aging fleet. It's clear they are onto something with the Excel class, but the Excel class clearly isn't going to replace the entire fleet and Carnival needs to do something to differentiate from Royal's Icon class and tendency toward mega-ship cruising.

It might just be too far out to book your flights for next may using Air2Sea. If you want to book this early, I'd suggest having your TA help you find the flights you're looking for or use google flights to figure out what would work best for you.

3 hours ago, DanJ said:

I just don't see the ship getting retired 3 years later after a more extensive drydock period.

I certainly could. If a ship is going back into service 24/7 for the next three years after only a 4 week drydock, it very well could be it's last three years of revenue service. the investment of that 4 week period would easily be out shadowed by the continuous revenue service. It's amazing they are able to turn an older ship around in 4 weeks with the amount of inspection/repair/refurb that needs to happen.

2 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

There is a difference from a medical departure and a guest who has other plans.   

You're right, there is, and yet my point still stands.

Just to add one final thought, Carnival and literally every other cruise line embarks/debarks crew, comedians, sick passengers, staff, etc. at many ports and at their convenience (likely with the exception of their private island destinations). For example, You're not going to convince the comedian whose contract is up to stay on until the ship returns to their departure port.

I'm sure someone on the ship is in charge of coordinating this, and I'm also sure that if a guest needed to leave that guest services (for any reason) would connect that passenger to the appropriate person to debark should a request be made.

3 hours ago, xpcdoojk said:

You came here to find the actual guidance.  Wow!😆🤣😂

It's crazy to think that someone would, you know, post a link to actual information first versus all of the anecdotal posts on this thread.

1 hour ago, Elaine5715 said:

whose port one decided to debark themselves will have an issue.   

But the person you're responding to didn't suggest they "debark themselves." They suggested going to guest services to explain that they need to leave the ship.

On 6/25/2024 at 1:02 PM, ONECRUISER said:

No you wont get another better offer, they'd probably rather a new customer pay full price then a lower rate that you have locked in.

This exactly. It sucks and it's chronic across all cruise lines. If the cruise line cancels, they should offer to rebook you on any sailing at the same rates you originally booked at. I wonder if anyone's tried a complaint with the CFPB over this kind of thing, it's really a bait and switch even if it involves a canceled sailing. The rates are always higher when your sailing gets canceled vs when it was booked and cruise lines never try, in earnest, to re-book in good faith.

Seconded for Galveston Express. It's much more reasonable than the Cruise line transfer and Carnival uses them anyway. From HOU, they also park across in the parking garage but the driver will explain how to get there (it's very easy).

I will say, though, upon pickup from the port on the last day we did have to wait quite a while for the non-carnival transfer Galveston Express bus. There were also three(?) ships in port and the Royal terminal had just opened a bit before, so it was a mess overall.

3 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Except that guidance applies to medical facilities, not the general public.

You’re right, the cdc links to their general guidance Found here.

On 7/31/2024 at 1:36 PM, RW_MI said:

CDC guidance says at least 10 days since first symptoms AND 24 hours since last fever AND improved symptoms.

Sounds like your wife will likely be fine and I hope you are too! 

Editing to add that the guidance has changed so often, I hope this is right, but it's right from their site. 

 

Patients with mild to moderate illness who are not moderately to severely immunocompromised:

•  At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared and
• At least 24 hours have passed since last fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and
• Symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath) have improved

 

https://www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/infection-control/index.html#:~:text=At least 10 days and,shortness of breath) have improved

I’m surprised how far down I had to scroll to find the actual guidance. Lots of anecdotal advice on this thread. Thanks for sharing this.

6 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

Sounds like there's a problem with the casino's popularity on booze cruises, not really an issue with the casino itself.

More like a problem with the amount of casino sailors being comped to get onboard by both Royal and Hard Rock. Not that it’s a problem for Royals bottom line, clearly. 

4 minutes ago, ARandomTraveler said:

I just flew out of Miami 2 weeks ago and thought it was really odd that their tsa Precheck is mixed in with the regular lines. It's possible it was just like that the day I flew, but I went through a line that said pre-check, then they gave me one of those laminated cards and sent me to screening through the regular lines.

Yeah that can happen if they don’t have the staff for the separate line. We had that happen to us at JFK once. I hear that it’s pretty common at MIA for whatever reason. 

It’s definitely doable under the right conditions. I was in FLL by 9am after my last cruise out of Miami. TSA out of Miami can be much more difficult, just so you plan ahead a bit. TSA pre check is essential if you’re planning on getting a flight out that early. 

The mexico cruises are great, IMO, in that you can certainly use your own data plan when in port if you have an Unlimited plan (it's already included). Travelpass is for non-mexico and canada travel so you shouldn't have any surprise bills so long as you turn your phone on airplane mode while away from port (and I mean the minute your ship is scheduled to depart).

YMMV, but the speed when I went to Ensanada was good in some areas and not so good in others. Data in Puerto Vallarta worked very well when we were there.

On 6/27/2022 at 12:47 PM, screwsmcernst said:

MAJOR company like RCI can have such a horrible IT department. 

I.T. is always underfunded, just look at Southwest's Christmas meltdown and Delta's more recent inability to figure out where their crews even were. Royal is not exempt. Corporations aren't going to put as much money into things people don't "see" until it becomes a major problem.

5 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

You might be surprised on the average age of a Carnival cruiser.  

Skews 40+ easily (based on a few google sources), as do most cruise lines despite their marketing.

19 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

Carnival can't ignore economies of scale.

So now you want to actually discuss? Thanks for the laugh!*

28 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

Thanks for the laugh!

Anytime I guess 🤷‍♀️